For the past year Vivendi has been making plans to split into four different public companies—a plan that includes spinning Havas into an independent public firm as it was before Vivendi acquired it in 2017. 

The plan could be activated by the end of the year and, in preparation, Havas has announced the appointment of Delphine Maillet as head of investor relations.  

Vivendi has previously announced different stock listing schemes for each of the companies that would split off from the company; Havas would be listed as a Dutch public limited liability company (NV) on the Euronext Amsterdam stock exchange. Vivendi noted that it made a similar move with Universal Music Group three years ago, which it said has proven to be successful.    

Maillet will play what Havas termed a “key role” in the group’s stock market listing project and manage communications with the financial community, investors and analysts, including promoting the Group’s strategic ambitions. 

She’ll report to Havas chief financial officer François Laroze.

The appointment also marks a return to Havas for Maillet. She held the position of head of investor relations at Havas prior to its acquisition by Vivendi and supported the delisting of the group in 2017, and in 2018 joined Vivendi’s investor relations team while retaining her role with Havas’ finance department. 

Earlier in her career she has served as a financial analyst at HSBC and BNP Paripas.